GIBRALTAR (Agencies/Photo: EuropaSur-J.M. Quiñones) In an interview given yesterday in Seville, Chief Minister Peter Caruana backed the idea of Gibraltar obtaining a status similar to that of Andorra through negotiation between the UK and Spain. He added that Gibraltar should be "consulted" via a refendum. For his part, Senator for Cadiz and spokesperson on Gibraltar issues José Carracao said that the proposal "should not fall on deaf ears." Caruana went on to say that the idea does not attract Spain "at the moment and perhaps never will" but if it should, he could see a way to recommend it to the people of Gibraltar, who should never be denied their "modern, democratic rights." A treaty (of Utrecht) of the 18th century, said Caruana, "should not be applied to the 21st century." Regarding Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs' answer in parliament earlier this week, when Trinidad Jiménez said any negotiation could only be held between the UK and Spain, the Chief Minister said that in the period prior to any agreement on sovereignty, "it would be politically unviable and a mistake to exclude Gibraltarians."
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